Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'
Annie Dillard
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God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it. -
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More quotes by Annie Dillard
- The surest sign of age is loneliness.
- There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.
- It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.
- People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.
- Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.